Comparison

Dakota Alert vs kumo cloud® legacy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Dakota Alert

Receive instant push notifications from Dakota Alert 4000 series wireless sensors. Get alerted to activity in your driveway, backyard, or other monitored areas.

Highlights
  • Push notification alerts
  • Supports 4000 series wireless sensors
  • Monitors driveways and backyards
  • Real-time activity detection
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Use the Dakota Alert app to get push notification alerts from the various Dakota Alert 4000 series wireless sensors. Be notified if someone enters the driveway, backyard, etc.

About

kumo cloud® legacy

This utility app provides continued support for older PAC-WHS01WF-E adapters that are not compatible with the newer Comfort app. Users are encouraged to upgrade their adapters to newer hardware as this version will be decommissioned soon.

Highlights
  • Legacy adapter support
  • Compatibility for older models
  • Information on adapter upgrades
  • Decommissioning notifications
Features
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A new version of the kumo cloud app called Comfort app is available in the App store. This version of the kumo cloud app is available just to support the existing old PAC-WHS01WF-E adapters as they do not work with the new Comfort app. There’s a campaign already launched to help upgrade the PAC-WHS01WF-E adapters to the new hardware and the consumers have been contacted through email. Please upgrade the adapters to the PAC-USWHS002-WF-2 as soon as possible as the kumo cloud app will be decommissioned soon.

Screenshots

Dakota Alert3 screens
kumo cloud® legacy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: kumo cloud® legacy at 4.0 against Dakota Alert's 2.7. kumo cloud® legacy also leads on ratings volume (79 vs 3). Dakota Alert's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

kumo cloud® legacy holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: kumo cloud® legacy has 79 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dakota Alert versus kumo cloud® legacy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDakota Alertkumo cloud® legacy
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings)4.0 (79 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings379 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB65 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDakota Alert, Inc.Mitsubishi Electric US, INC.

Customer experience

Dakota Alert

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

kumo cloud® legacy

All ratings74 ratings
Positive75.7%
Neutral1.4%
Negative23.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dakota Alert

No in-app purchases

None

kumo cloud® legacy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dakota Alert free?
Dakota Alert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is kumo cloud® legacy free?
kumo cloud® legacy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dakota Alert or kumo cloud® legacy?
kumo cloud® legacy is rated higher. Dakota Alert averages 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while kumo cloud® legacy averages 4.0 from 79 ratings.
Do Dakota Alert or kumo cloud® legacy have ads?
Neither Dakota Alert nor kumo cloud® legacy shows ads.

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